No matter what wouldn’t this grow to infinite passengers? Is that supposed to be the point?
Because any even number is going to halve itself down to 1, which is odd an odd number, then double plus one will always make another odd number so it would grow to infinity.
It’s stated wrongly. The Collatz Conjecture is about the case where you triple an odd number and add one, that way you enter a loop if you get down to 1 (1 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1)
No matter what wouldn’t this grow to infinite passengers? Is that supposed to be the point?
Because any even number is going to halve itself down to
1, which is oddan odd number, then double plus one will always make another odd number so it would grow to infinity.2n+1 enter the trolley, meaning 3n+1, which in the case of n being an odd number, will always equal an even.
It’s stated wrongly. The Collatz Conjecture is about the case where you triple an odd number and add one, that way you enter a loop if you get down to 1 (1 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1)
It isn’t stated wrongly: 2n+1 get on, which means 3n+1 are on board
touche
OH that makes sense, so I misread it.